{"id":2010,"date":"2012-03-24T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2014-08-27T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T02:19:23","slug":"staying-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/staying-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"When it&#8217;s hard staying organized&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/staying-organized\/staying-organized-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png?fit=800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Staying organized\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png?fit=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"staying organized\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Staying-organized.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are certain times each year when our best organizing efforts get out of control. It is when there are just too many things to do at the same time.\u00a0 It is when we are about to host a party, but there is clutter on the counter.\u00a0 It is holiday time and instead of time to get your house in order, you need to purchase holiday gifts.\u00a0 It is when we need to drive someone in our car, but the paper is everywhere in there and we need to stash it.\u00a0 There are times the wheels come off the wagon! Is this preventable?\u00a0 Staying organized can take many different actions.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping your home, car or office in order and preventing the wheels coming off the wagon can happen!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spend 15 minutes together as a family every day getting things back to where they belong in\u00a0 your home or office.<\/li>\n<li>Take 5 minutes every day to go through the mail.<\/li>\n<li>Write preparation time in your calendar. Plan 2 weeks out from a party, with one week just to prepare your home and one week to prepare for the party.<\/li>\n<li>Start decluttering months before a move.<\/li>\n<li>Just do it! If it takes under 3 minutes to get any job done, any stuff put away, or any note to write, just do it.<\/li>\n<li>Take a few minutes for rest and get in bed early.<\/li>\n<li>Say no to just one extra activity, commitment or work project.<\/li>\n<li>Get help and delegate. If you can&#8217;t do it all, get a great helper to do what they can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next time the wheels come off the wagon for you, look back and learn where it all started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Need a boost to stay organized?\u00a0 Join my <a title=\"Newsletter sign up\" href=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter <\/a>for a monthly dose of productivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are certain times each year when our best organizing efforts get out of control. It is when there are just too many things to do at the same time.\u00a0 It is when we are about to host a party, but there is clutter on the counter.\u00a0 It is holiday time and instead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,9,97],"tags":[840,839,838,841],"class_list":["post-2010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-organizing","category-organizing-skills","category-productivity","tag-getting-and-staying-organized","tag-making-the-most-of-your-time","tag-organizing-and-party-preparation","tag-what-happened-here"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When it&#039;s hard staying organized... - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are some times through the year when it&#039;s more difficult to stay organized. 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